Racquet Company Health

Hello,
I recently demoed racquets from Volkl and Donnay, and could go either direction, but am wondering if there is any evidence to suggest these companies are anywhere near collapse? I did a search and found threads that mentioned Volkl had, at one point, been in a bad state, and it seems like Donnay is not as strong as it once was. I suppose I am wondering if any knowledgeable TT users know anything on the subject. Would you speculate that they will be around providing support/products for a while? Thanks!

I think you're worryingly unnecessarily. If you really like the racquet, just buy it. Racquets last for ages. There are people still playing with racquets from 5, 10 or even 15 years ago. The only difficulty there might be in future if you were to need replacement grommets, but that's no reason not to buy a racquet you really like just because you think the parts supply chain might not exist in 5 or 10 years time. I would never buy a mainstream racquet I didn't like over one I did like just because parts are more likely to be available in future.

doubt that it would matter either way... if you are really worried buy and extra set of grommets/bumper guard in case you need to replace them in 5-10 years... assuming you still like playing with the same stick then...

Ess, I think caution would be good, as both of the brands you mention are now just paying a license fee to the brand owners. Volkl and Donnay here in Europe are pretty much done and seen as US only brands. I was in Germany last week and my friend who owns a indoor club will not touch either of them, it's Head all the way.